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there could be a push now to get assad out of syria. >>jonathan: there is a sense among this allies there is an opportunity here, with the british prime minister cameron putting pressure on president obama. in fact, he said yesterday, he wants to talk directing to president obama to find identity what they can do to end the blood should. the prime minister in an interview raised the possibility of providing safe passage for president assad if he agrees to resign. >> that can be anything. anything to get that man out of the country and to have a safe transition in syria. of course, i would favor him facing the full force of international law and justice for what he has done but anything to get that man out of the country. >>jonathan: there is the possibility now that turkey will deploy u.s. made patriot missiles to their border with syria but they have to have a formal request made by the turkey through nato. >>shepard: a safe exit for assad some have suggested that could be the best way. what does it mean? >>jonathan: officials saying,
there could be a push now to get assad out of syria. >>jonathan: there is a sense among this allies there is an opportunity here, with the british prime minister cameron putting pressure on president obama. in fact, he said yesterday, he wants to talk directing to president obama to find identity what they can do to end the blood should. the prime minister in an interview raised the possibility of providing safe passage for president assad if he agrees to resign. >> that can be...
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i am curious because i lived in syria. when there is a lot of discussion about things breaking down into sectarianism, i do not see any mention of the fact that syria has probably the largest christian population in the middle east, something like 20% to 30%. ok. my figures are dated. anyway, i am curious why this is not discussed, and if you would comment on the role of the christian community in syria and how you see that playing out -- thank you. >> i mean, i do not think we are hearing a lot right now about the differences between the moslems and christians, because that is not a pressing problem in syria, and getting back to a comment earlier about it spilling over into the rest of the region, -- they are now all in turkey, try to help the turks get assad out. getting him out with goes a long way to add least getting some other resources -- getting him out would go a long way to at least getting some other resources redirected. >> they saw what happened in iraq, where the cristian -- christian trinity was largely wipe
i am curious because i lived in syria. when there is a lot of discussion about things breaking down into sectarianism, i do not see any mention of the fact that syria has probably the largest christian population in the middle east, something like 20% to 30%. ok. my figures are dated. anyway, i am curious why this is not discussed, and if you would comment on the role of the christian community in syria and how you see that playing out -- thank you. >> i mean, i do not think we are...
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syria with a nationwide blackout. a syrian military jet and two helicopters were shot down by rebels. they used surface to air missiles seized when rebels seized a key base last week. i want to bring in a strategist for the syrian-american counsel. mohammed, you just got back from syria meeting with the free syrian army. you say we're nearing an end game. why is that? >> the fsa, the main armed opposition in syria is closing in on assad and the capital and tightening the noose around assad's neck so this is a map and it -- this map provided by the say sad regime, by the way. the areas in red as you can see under the control of the free syrian army. the armies in blue are contested and green are under the control of assad. as you can see, the areas under assad are shrinking and the fsa, that's the free syrian army, the main armed opposition is gaining ground and assad is alarmed by that and the internet shut down today. i touched base with activists this morning in damascus and concerned the regime might be readying it
syria with a nationwide blackout. a syrian military jet and two helicopters were shot down by rebels. they used surface to air missiles seized when rebels seized a key base last week. i want to bring in a strategist for the syrian-american counsel. mohammed, you just got back from syria meeting with the free syrian army. you say we're nearing an end game. why is that? >> the fsa, the main armed opposition in syria is closing in on assad and the capital and tightening the noose around...
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let's talk syria. more than 32,000 have died in nearly the two years of fighting in your article you say some official advisory -- might take a muscular approach to the crisis. what does that look like? >> i think, first of all, you could see a morrow bust effort to -- >> they realize that these islamists are all the ones with the guns and the money and, therefore, they would have the power in the future of syria, so i think they maied might aid them a little bit more. i also think that there could be support for no fly zone. turkey has said that it could put patriot missile on the border with syria because of all these skirmishes, so i think if turkey were to take the lead here the u.s. could support eventually a no fly zone to protect some of the syrian armed rebels. they are actually doing the work to prepare. >> you talk about iran. today we justice learned that iran's military shot down a u.s. spy zone last week, and throughout the campaign the israeli government was criticized for not pressing th
let's talk syria. more than 32,000 have died in nearly the two years of fighting in your article you say some official advisory -- might take a muscular approach to the crisis. what does that look like? >> i think, first of all, you could see a morrow bust effort to -- >> they realize that these islamists are all the ones with the guns and the money and, therefore, they would have the power in the future of syria, so i think they maied might aid them a little bit more. i also think...
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we're not talking about syria, not talking about sudan, we're not talking about international crises. we're talking about hunger here at home where we've got the food and the nutrition programs to deal with this. of the 46 million food stamps half are kids. we have school breakfasts, summer meals. if we can get a sufficient number enrolled we can make a difference. it's a health care, education issue. how can we have a strong america with weak kids? >> bill makes a great kid. we are the united states of america, we are one of the richest if not the richest on the planet and the fact is that one in five americans is not getting the food they need. this is basic survivalp. the thing that shocks me when we have this conversation, when we talk about food stamps, the rhetoric around food stamps, whether the presidential election cycle where you're vilified for being part of a taker and one who is on the doll of the makers. and then the reality of actually being on food stamps and a really great article in "rolling stone" several months ago that talked about what you need to meet the thresh
we're not talking about syria, not talking about sudan, we're not talking about international crises. we're talking about hunger here at home where we've got the food and the nutrition programs to deal with this. of the 46 million food stamps half are kids. we have school breakfasts, summer meals. if we can get a sufficient number enrolled we can make a difference. it's a health care, education issue. how can we have a strong america with weak kids? >> bill makes a great kid. we are the...
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but is it about controlling syria or about exporting their vision of islam to syria. you cannot put it government policy sometimes sometimes we have institutions in certain. countries sometimes we have personnel who try to promote this but they don't in all three of the visual. policies so they didn't ask us to promote their. extremist attitude of their institutions but that happens in reality that happens whether through in direct support of the government or through the foundation for the institution of the person and so this is part of the problem but when you want to talk as a government you have to talk about the. policy not policies like any other policy but it's about interests it's about playing a role but we cannot ignore what you mentioned. iran which is a very close ally also exposed to economic sanctions also facing a threat of military invasion if you were faced with an option cut ties with iran in exchange for peace in your country would you go for it there's no contradiction i don't help these conflicting options why because we had good relations with i
but is it about controlling syria or about exporting their vision of islam to syria. you cannot put it government policy sometimes sometimes we have institutions in certain. countries sometimes we have personnel who try to promote this but they don't in all three of the visual. policies so they didn't ask us to promote their. extremist attitude of their institutions but that happens in reality that happens whether through in direct support of the government or through the foundation for the...
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that is why you see al qaeda in syria. they're trying to influence that outcome, particularly in a post-assad era, so they have some influence. we have got to stay involved. i'm not talking about military involvement. i'm talking about diplomatic involvement. i'm talking about arming those moderates who are fighting to depose assad in syria. i'm talking about helping to train the libyan security forces which we should have done over a year ago so that they can control their own destiny inside their country as opposed to these militia groups, particularly al qaeda given rise. jamie: then, again, general, you have the muslim brotherhood, which their growth may be seen in the near term in the middle east. and also there are some concern now that the rebels, at least in syria where, i mean there is no denying, there is a massacre going on of innocent people. they, with their arms that you're suggesting maybe we should boost up, there is some concern that they may in the actually be friend by foe. >> well, listen, certainly in
that is why you see al qaeda in syria. they're trying to influence that outcome, particularly in a post-assad era, so they have some influence. we have got to stay involved. i'm not talking about military involvement. i'm talking about diplomatic involvement. i'm talking about arming those moderates who are fighting to depose assad in syria. i'm talking about helping to train the libyan security forces which we should have done over a year ago so that they can control their own destiny inside...
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and we have some dramatic photos of refugees fleeing syria online. hari sreenivasan tells us more. >> sreenivasan: they are images of the thousands of people who have escaped to turkey. watch our slideshow of refugees and turkish forces patrolling the border on the rundown. we have a follow-up to margaret warner's story about project orca, the romney campaign's massive get-out-the-vote effort. there were some glitches, as she reports. find that on "the rundown." and jeff talks to a member of the broadway hit "war horse" about bringing to life a seven- foot puppet on stage every night. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy. >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. on monday, we'll look at the loss of field records from the afghan and iraq wars, making it harder to award benefits to veterans and harder for historians to document years of combat. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. ha
and we have some dramatic photos of refugees fleeing syria online. hari sreenivasan tells us more. >> sreenivasan: they are images of the thousands of people who have escaped to turkey. watch our slideshow of refugees and turkish forces patrolling the border on the rundown. we have a follow-up to margaret warner's story about project orca, the romney campaign's massive get-out-the-vote effort. there were some glitches, as she reports. find that on "the rundown." and jeff talks...
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in syria so we know. but you know do you even have a choice because from what it seems from the outside even if you wanted to go. you wouldn't have anywhere to go if i was a girl if you want to live to syria. or to see that this is the only place where we can live i'm not pop it i was in bed by me by the waist coat with twenty other countries and syrian army. maybe in syria and they have to leave incident by incident do you think that at this point they could be talks or diplomacy or we've reached a stage where only the army can do nothing i always believe in diplomacy i always believe and i will always believe even with people who doesn't understand who doesn't believe in you have to keep trying whether you succeeded or not think of you always have. success you have to look for this particular success before you look for the good before you to the complete success but you have to be realistic you don't think that only they can make you into something because those people who commit these acts there are t
in syria so we know. but you know do you even have a choice because from what it seems from the outside even if you wanted to go. you wouldn't have anywhere to go if i was a girl if you want to live to syria. or to see that this is the only place where we can live i'm not pop it i was in bed by me by the waist coat with twenty other countries and syrian army. maybe in syria and they have to leave incident by incident do you think that at this point they could be talks or diplomacy or we've...
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i'm also hearing that cell phone outages and the internet has been now blocked in syria, which means communications for so many are now down and syria has been now shut oh of essentially from the rest of the world. you know, that sounds awfully foreboding. but at the same time, we're coming up in a few months on two years since all of this began. why am i only hearing about internet blackouts now? this would seem like a very big tactic for the government to use much earlier on before we started seeing all those horrors. >> reporter: i mean, today that is, to be honest, some quite substantial news. weeks of rebel successes but the calculation made by the government, if it is the government shutting down the internet, the rebels benefit more from the internet being on, use it to spread news and put video out of what they have been doing. the rebels benefit more than the regime benefits from the internet being on. does suggest some sort of crisis within the inner regime and damascus. there could be other explanations, a technical hitch or rebel success causing this to happen. but bear i
i'm also hearing that cell phone outages and the internet has been now blocked in syria, which means communications for so many are now down and syria has been now shut oh of essentially from the rest of the world. you know, that sounds awfully foreboding. but at the same time, we're coming up in a few months on two years since all of this began. why am i only hearing about internet blackouts now? this would seem like a very big tactic for the government to use much earlier on before we started...
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president bashar al assad of syria thank you very much for talking to r.t. today now let's work on damascus so you know many people work that state year ago that you would make it this far but yet again we're sitting in a new renovated presidential palace and recording this interview who exactly is your enemy at this point by any means terrorism and if you started this with or any people responsible persons. means taking over leaving supposed to contribute safe or not. that would be fighting us who wants to work to win this war how would you reconcile. with your people after everything that has happened just be. again more precise the problem is caught between me and the people i don't have a problem with people could be united states is against the west is against me in many countries including turkey which is not of course against me if the peoples of the syrian people are against me how can it be so it's not about to call siding with the people if not the bob conservation between the syrian and the syrian don't have civil. terrorism and support coming fro
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. >> but in a humanitarian crisis like syria's, the president prefers company. and until he has it, he won't act. >> syria has created great outrage and terrible humanitarian anguish but we don't have any international consensus about the way forward. >> it all adds up to what some call the obama doctrine. >> the obama doctrine is less blood, less treasure, less intervention of a lengthy kind. >> though governor romney calls him reluctant to lead. >> the administration has characterized their foreign policy as leading from behind. i call that following. >> these days, his critics have more ammunition with the deaths of ambassador chris stevens and three other americans in libya. it happened on 9/11, raising questions, why wasn't security ramped up? and why were protests initially blamed for the attack? a month later, the president addressed these questions on abc news. >> as information came in, information was put out. the information may not have always been right the first time. >> the president says the fog of war created confusion. what is clear, as command
. >> but in a humanitarian crisis like syria's, the president prefers company. and until he has it, he won't act. >> syria has created great outrage and terrible humanitarian anguish but we don't have any international consensus about the way forward. >> it all adds up to what some call the obama doctrine. >> the obama doctrine is less blood, less treasure, less intervention of a lengthy kind. >> though governor romney calls him reluctant to lead. >> the...
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after the break syria's president bashar asad speaks exclusively to r.t. with his own perspective on the bloody conflict gripping his country. the sun rises over what seems like analyst forest but here in new directions cry for hundred kilometers north of light of all storm as in much of the world it's disappearing at a catastrophic rate. bloggers both illegal and those finding ways to outsmart the system for filing down the forests of the more skewed region for them profit goes well beyond the future of our planet and the result could be an ecological crisis the world wildlife fund for nature makes regular trips to help local rangers do what little they can to stop the logging but it's not easy lager set up trucks making them hard to reach in an already rough terrain and have mastered ways to jump through legal loopholes this is a nature reserve we're only sanitary logging of disease trees is allowed according to law and not a single berry can be picked but loggers like this use their sanitary logging permit to cut down absolutely healthy trees and sell t
after the break syria's president bashar asad speaks exclusively to r.t. with his own perspective on the bloody conflict gripping his country. the sun rises over what seems like analyst forest but here in new directions cry for hundred kilometers north of light of all storm as in much of the world it's disappearing at a catastrophic rate. bloggers both illegal and those finding ways to outsmart the system for filing down the forests of the more skewed region for them profit goes well beyond the...
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and as that fighting intensifies much of syria's internet network has been cut. the government and opposition are blaming each other for the shutdown. whatever the truth, syria's regime is battling these men for its very survival. president assad's helicopters are being shot down. and even a mig jet was filmed tumbling from the sky. this rebel boasting that he's downed both a helicopter and a mig within 24 hours. these surface to air missiles have been looted from captured military bases. what do we first with it a voice can be heard asking. not everybody knows how this newfound firepower works. yet this islamist brigade near damascus now has one. while near aleppo an entirm air defense system seems to have fallen to the so-called daoud battalion which is affiliated however loosely with al qaeda. "these are assad's missiles," say the cameraman and "we have taken them." london and washington may have refused to arm these rebels. but armed they are like never before. >> suarez: and margaret warner takes the story from there. >> warner: for more on today's developme
and as that fighting intensifies much of syria's internet network has been cut. the government and opposition are blaming each other for the shutdown. whatever the truth, syria's regime is battling these men for its very survival. president assad's helicopters are being shot down. and even a mig jet was filmed tumbling from the sky. this rebel boasting that he's downed both a helicopter and a mig within 24 hours. these surface to air missiles have been looted from captured military bases. what...
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is hamas in syria? >> well, this is a great question because in the case of syria, this has caused a rift between hamas and iran and hezbollah. you have the iranian government backing assad, you have hezbollah backing assad, and you have hamas basically lined up with the opposition. so in many respects, syria has drived a wedge between iran and its former client. >> all right. now, let me go back to israel. iran basically owns hamas, is that fair? >> well, iran has provided financial support. >> they're the financier. i mean, hezbollah, too, but let's stay with hamas for the moment. iran is the banker. >> iran has been a banker. other countries have been as well. they've gotten money from countries like saudi arabia as well. in the case of hezbollah, that is the very, very close partnership. i mean, hezbollah really grew out of the iranian revolution. it is the export of the iranian revolution. so that is the very symbiotic relationship. hamas, it's a little more murky, the degree of, you know, support
is hamas in syria? >> well, this is a great question because in the case of syria, this has caused a rift between hamas and iran and hezbollah. you have the iranian government backing assad, you have hezbollah backing assad, and you have hamas basically lined up with the opposition. so in many respects, syria has drived a wedge between iran and its former client. >> all right. now, let me go back to israel. iran basically owns hamas, is that fair? >> well, iran has provided...
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president bashar al assad of syria thank you very much for talking to r.t. today almost was going to ask this so you know many people work year ago that you wouldn't make it this far but yet again we're sitting in a new renovated presidential palace and recording this interview who exactly is your enemy at this point by any means terrorism instability in syria this with or any means not about people it's not about persons. the whole issue is not about me it's three all living supposed to contribute safe or not so this a barrier that we've been fighting as he worked to win this war how would you reconcile with your people after everything that has happened this be. again more precise the problems called tween me and the people i don't have problem the people called the united states is against the west is against me many other countries including turkey which is not of course against me of the peoples of the syrian people or against me how can it be so it's not a balticon siding with the people if you stop the ball play conservation between the syrian and the
president bashar al assad of syria thank you very much for talking to r.t. today almost was going to ask this so you know many people work year ago that you wouldn't make it this far but yet again we're sitting in a new renovated presidential palace and recording this interview who exactly is your enemy at this point by any means terrorism instability in syria this with or any means not about people it's not about persons. the whole issue is not about me it's three all living supposed to...
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diplomatic efforts to end the civil war in syria entered a new phase today, hours after news of president obama's re-election flashed around the world. british officials announced they will begin dealing directly with syrian rebel leaders, and they urged the u.s. to join them. and turkey confirmed it's in talks with nato allies, including the u.s., to create a safe zone inside syria. one plan would deploy patriot missiles just inside turkey, to protect civilians in the safe zone. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: the president secured a second term thanks in part to building a massive ground game, coupled with an early investment in negative television ads defining romney. to get a better understanding of how mr. obama did it, and for an inside look at what hindered romney's campaign, we talk with three journalists covering different aspects of the race. they are philip rucker of "the washington post, who has been traveling with romney all year. carol lee of the "wall street journal," who covers the white house. and slate columnist sasha issenberg,
diplomatic efforts to end the civil war in syria entered a new phase today, hours after news of president obama's re-election flashed around the world. british officials announced they will begin dealing directly with syrian rebel leaders, and they urged the u.s. to join them. and turkey confirmed it's in talks with nato allies, including the u.s., to create a safe zone inside syria. one plan would deploy patriot missiles just inside turkey, to protect civilians in the safe zone. those are some...
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sport terrorist to destabilize syria this is a war. the infrastructure military infrastructure economy is suffering it's almost as if like syria's going to fall into decay very soon and the time is against you in your opinion how much time do you need to crush the enemy you cannot so that's a question because no one claims. about when to do to end the war unless we have the answer when they're going to stop smuggling. foreign fighters from different part of this world special to the middle east and the islamic world and we're going to stop. sending moments to those terrorists if they stop this is where i can answer your continuing leaks you can finish everything is public problem but as long as we have continuous supply in the main and all moments and everything else and logistics is going to be. also when think about it you have four thousand kilometers of loosely controlled borders you have your enemy that can at any time cross over jordan or turkey to rearm get medical care and come back to fight you exactly exactly where no country
sport terrorist to destabilize syria this is a war. the infrastructure military infrastructure economy is suffering it's almost as if like syria's going to fall into decay very soon and the time is against you in your opinion how much time do you need to crush the enemy you cannot so that's a question because no one claims. about when to do to end the war unless we have the answer when they're going to stop smuggling. foreign fighters from different part of this world special to the middle east...
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in syria differently i have to be in syria it's not all the position and i don't see myself with the president or not this not by interest i could see myself in this country have come through a terrible country more prosperous country person bashar al assad of syria thank you for talking to r.t. thank you for coming through ok. on the fly so. i shoot despite. all this. saying here. is the truth. the most reliable of the twentieth century. legend. national. just give me can i speak with you sir let me explain my son died on the run don't agree you don't agree we don't have to look for him my son isn't isn't it larry and i don't know what his company are where he's trying to be for you fer. sure and your country. is the country. the moon or hope to help you find it. you find in so many old says war and meet some. cultures that say much as i can which of course he's right on it all depends of unity but the physical reckoning is almost upon us by the end of this year the president of the united states and congress must come to some kind of taxes. this was the plan that was responsible fo
in syria differently i have to be in syria it's not all the position and i don't see myself with the president or not this not by interest i could see myself in this country have come through a terrible country more prosperous country person bashar al assad of syria thank you for talking to r.t. thank you for coming through ok. on the fly so. i shoot despite. all this. saying here. is the truth. the most reliable of the twentieth century. legend. national. just give me can i speak with you sir...
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and lebanon being between syria and israel, and of course syria itself being on the border of israel, lebanon, iraq, south of turkey, you're not going to be -- you cannot be the switzerland over the middle east. are going to have outside influences which usually exacerbate the situation and lengthen the time of the civil war. >> and so let's talk a little bit now, shifting the perspective, to the personal connections that you have to the house of assad. i would love for you to give us a good feel for, who is this man who is the president and how did he change over the time that you've known him? seems like there was a definitive time around 2005-2006 that you say he shifted. please walk us through that. >> again, i first started meeting with president bashar in 2004. i found him to be very welcoming, very unpretentious, self-depricating even, and i never saw him in the mold of a moammar gadhafi or saddam hussein. that's the group he is associated with these days and not a very good group to be associated with. and many people who have met all three -- i did not immediate gadhafi or sa
and lebanon being between syria and israel, and of course syria itself being on the border of israel, lebanon, iraq, south of turkey, you're not going to be -- you cannot be the switzerland over the middle east. are going to have outside influences which usually exacerbate the situation and lengthen the time of the civil war. >> and so let's talk a little bit now, shifting the perspective, to the personal connections that you have to the house of assad. i would love for you to give us a...
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why are you so concerned about the outcome for turkey our problems in syria well as you know syria is located in a very. sensitive complicated the region that it's neighborhood is completely different from other countries in the region that it's going it cannot become per libya for example. so if we. see the collapse of the system. and syria turns into a heaven for terrorist groups and extremist elements that would be certainly a disaster if we face a failed state in syria who would be benefited out of that. i think it is torquey as a neighbor it is also iraq it is lebanon it is jordan it's everybody in the region even not immediate neighbors are the close neighbors as well we shouldn't go for a situation in which we face a failed state in syria that would be a disaster for the whole for the region and for the international community what we support is a democratic rational kind of reform in syria nobody denied the necessity of reform in syria but it should be done on a democratic way undergraduate peaceful way we should go for a peaceful settlement of the situation otherwise. if the
why are you so concerned about the outcome for turkey our problems in syria well as you know syria is located in a very. sensitive complicated the region that it's neighborhood is completely different from other countries in the region that it's going it cannot become per libya for example. so if we. see the collapse of the system. and syria turns into a heaven for terrorist groups and extremist elements that would be certainly a disaster if we face a failed state in syria who would be...
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there's egypt, gaza, syria, iran. there's a president's second term that's got to be dominated by this region. >> i think so. it's the middle east, so there's good news and bad news. the good news is that the obama administration did an excellent job of supporting israel all through this. made israel feel moderate and the arabs feel realistic. the second piece of good news is that egypt, even under the muslim brotherhood, has an interest in having stability. that's very important. the bad news is the islamists are in control. in the palestinian areas with hamas and certainly in control in egypt. and there's going to be no peace as long as they are there in control, and u.s. policy has got to be a long, gradual process of trying to build up the non-islamists in the arab world, including in iran, across the region. >> that frames it. we'll hear more from you in the roundtable. >>> now let me turn to carl levin, chairman of course of the armed services committee in the senate. senator, to egypt. how concerned are you? is
there's egypt, gaza, syria, iran. there's a president's second term that's got to be dominated by this region. >> i think so. it's the middle east, so there's good news and bad news. the good news is that the obama administration did an excellent job of supporting israel all through this. made israel feel moderate and the arabs feel realistic. the second piece of good news is that egypt, even under the muslim brotherhood, has an interest in having stability. that's very important. the bad...
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how the conflict in syria is affecting turks on the border region. ship ahoy -- what makes the rest of the costa concordia so interesting. and the politics of bird hunting -- why malta tolerates bird hunters. the conflict in syria has been raging for 18 months, and the longer it continues, the more it affects serious neighbors. turkey in particular has felt the impact of the war. in addition to being flooded with tens of thousands of refugees, turkey has watched formally friendly relations with its southern neighbor deteriorated to open hostility. tensions increased in october when artillery shells fired from syrian territory started landing on turkish soil. several civilians have been killed in these incidents and many more wounded. the turkish military has responded in kind, apparently killing syrian soldiers and raising the threat of international escalation. four turks, living inhe bder regions, conditions had become unbearable. >> this is normally where kids play, but not now. there is no one waiting at home for him when he returns from work. hi
how the conflict in syria is affecting turks on the border region. ship ahoy -- what makes the rest of the costa concordia so interesting. and the politics of bird hunting -- why malta tolerates bird hunters. the conflict in syria has been raging for 18 months, and the longer it continues, the more it affects serious neighbors. turkey in particular has felt the impact of the war. in addition to being flooded with tens of thousands of refugees, turkey has watched formally friendly relations with...
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supports syria. but the truth here that explicitly but first of all york. it's very active role in supporting syria during the crisis because its neighboring country and they understand that if you have warring inside syria you will have war in the neighboring countries including iraq. i think of the country. they have good position like. home and. mainly in those other countries and other countries. can't all of them but. they are they have positive position but without taking actions iran which is a very close ally also exposed to economic sanctions also facing a threat of military invasion if you were faced with an option cut ties with iran in exchange for peace in your country would you go for it there's no contradiction i don't have these contradicting option why because we had good relation with iran since seventy nine till today and it's getting better every day but at the same time we are moving toward peace and we had peace process we had peace negotiations urine wasn't a factor against peace so this is. information to try to promote in the west bu
supports syria. but the truth here that explicitly but first of all york. it's very active role in supporting syria during the crisis because its neighboring country and they understand that if you have warring inside syria you will have war in the neighboring countries including iraq. i think of the country. they have good position like. home and. mainly in those other countries and other countries. can't all of them but. they are they have positive position but without taking actions iran...
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. >> but in a humanitarian crisis like syria's, the president prefers company. and until he has it, he won't act. >> syria has created great outrage and terrible humanitarian anguish, but we don't have any international consensus about the way forward. >> it all adds up to what some call the obama doctrine. >> the obama doctrine is less blood, less treasure, less intervention of a lengthy kind. >> though governor romney calls him reluctant to lead. >> the administration has characterized their foreign policy as leading from behind. i call that following. >> these days his critics have more ammunition with the deaths of ambassador chris stevens and three other americans in libya. it happened on 9/11, raising questions, why wasn't security ramped up? and why were protests initially blamed for the attack? a month later the president addressed these questions on abc news. >> as information came in, information was put out. the information may not have always been right the first time. >> the president says the fog of war created confusion. what is clear, as commande
. >> but in a humanitarian crisis like syria's, the president prefers company. and until he has it, he won't act. >> syria has created great outrage and terrible humanitarian anguish, but we don't have any international consensus about the way forward. >> it all adds up to what some call the obama doctrine. >> the obama doctrine is less blood, less treasure, less intervention of a lengthy kind. >> though governor romney calls him reluctant to lead. >> the...
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i suppose you know they have a glad relationship with syria-- a good relationship with syria. and through syria they have influence in lebanon. >> rose: syria was a passage for them to send weapons to lebanon. >> i suppose it still is. >> rose: yeah, exactly. >> so they would like to keep some kind of-- . >> rose: to support hezbollah. >> to support hezbollah. >> rose: but when you sit down with the military and you say to them, i just came from the president's office and i spoke to him. he's ready to negotiate with you. he wants all, everything on the table. >> uh-huh. >> rose: and he doesn't want to leave the country. he's not going to accept asylum. he's to the going to give up the fight. he wants to negotiate, what do they say? >> you know, unfortunately, i'm not yet in a position to tell them exactly that. because what does he-- . >> rose: he hasn't said that to you. >> not exactly. what he's saying is that yes, you know, everybody's welcome. but the impression i have is that he still thinks of himself as the government and people come and talk to him as the government. a
i suppose you know they have a glad relationship with syria-- a good relationship with syria. and through syria they have influence in lebanon. >> rose: syria was a passage for them to send weapons to lebanon. >> i suppose it still is. >> rose: yeah, exactly. >> so they would like to keep some kind of-- . >> rose: to support hezbollah. >> to support hezbollah. >> rose: but when you sit down with the military and you say to them, i just came from the...
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an assault as engines rise between syria and israel. it is a fortress like no other. how did one intruder slipped past security to get his hands on the keys to the tower of london? on publice to our viewers television and around the globe. the conflict in syria has widened with israel saying it will respond with severity if any more mortars landed in the heights. this has happened twice and wise israel has responded. today with direct hits on syrian units. the violence comes at the same time as the arab league has recognized the newly formed syrian opposition bloc as legitimate. on the ground, aircraft co. continued their bombardment. >> the war is brought perilously close to the turkish border. one of the bombs brought by syrian air force jets exploded barely 10 meters from the frontier, shattering windows and the turkish side. activists had several people were killed in the bombing. government forces try to recapture the town that fell to the rebels last week. the hostilities that more refugees streaming across the border. turkish ambulances were standing by to cope
an assault as engines rise between syria and israel. it is a fortress like no other. how did one intruder slipped past security to get his hands on the keys to the tower of london? on publice to our viewers television and around the globe. the conflict in syria has widened with israel saying it will respond with severity if any more mortars landed in the heights. this has happened twice and wise israel has responded. today with direct hits on syrian units. the violence comes at the same time as...
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there is engagement with gaza, engagement with syria. how close to you think israel is to being dragged into a more regional conflict? >> well, as you said, patience is running out. israel every day i think feels more and more like a villa in the jungle. we have hundreds of rockets being launched at schools and kindergartens and homes in the south. we have assad butchering over 30,000 civilians and slaughtering his own people in the north and now launching bombs at israel and bombing israeli territory and there's only that much israel will take. israel is being very cautious. it is not jumping to anything. it is not happy to heat up the region are to have it flare up but there really is only that much we would take. i think already we're taking more and showing more patience than any other country in the world would under these circumstances. i don't think the united states would stand for one missile in one school in one city in one state. so patience is running out and israel will have to retaliate and when it does, it will be strong,
there is engagement with gaza, engagement with syria. how close to you think israel is to being dragged into a more regional conflict? >> well, as you said, patience is running out. israel every day i think feels more and more like a villa in the jungle. we have hundreds of rockets being launched at schools and kindergartens and homes in the south. we have assad butchering over 30,000 civilians and slaughtering his own people in the north and now launching bombs at israel and bombing...